In preparation for performing a triple resonance experiment to study the Rydberg states of calcium monofluoride (CaF), a double resonance spectrum of formaldehyde will be recorded. A dye laser will populate a level in ...

A tandem benzannulation-cyclization strategy was successfully applied to the synthesis of a tetracyclic heteroaromatic compound expected to have interesting electronic properties. Benzannulation of a diazo ketone and a ...

This thesis consists of parallel experimental and theoretical studies of the rovibrational structure and dynamics of the Si state of acetylene, C2H2 . This small molecule is a prototypical system for the study of cis-trans ...

The chemistry of metaphosphate acids has historically been studied in aqueous media, where acid-catalyzed hydrolysis and solvent leveling effects of these strong acids have prevented their observations and rigorous ...

Introduction: Safranal is a cyclic monoterpene which occurs naturally in the saffron plant as a glucoside, picrocrocin. In 1922 Winterstein and TeleCzky obtained safranal by hydrolysis of picrocrocin, but its structure ...

The purpose of this thesis is to explore the conjugation of biomolecules to platinum(IV) compounds. Ever since the serendipitous discovery that cisplatin has cytotoxic properties in the 1970's, research has focused on both ...

Chapter 1. Sensing Strategies for Detection of Mobile Zinc. Mobile zinc plays important physiological roles in areas such as the hippocampus, prostate, and pancreas. A better understanding of the distribution of intracellular ...

Molecules are rarely found in electronic excited states under standard conditions but such states play a major role in chemical reactions. Computational prediction of properties of such states is hard with standard DFT ...

Chapter 1. Copper-Catalyzed Asymmetric Addition of Olefin-Derived Nucleophiles to Ketones A copper (I) catalyzed coupling olefins and ketones has been developed for the diastereo- and enantioselective generation of ...